| Jul 24, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyYou’ve probably heard that America has millions of undocumented immigrants. Maybe one of them lives next door to you. Or there’s one lurking on your roof. Or another lying nearby on the beach. My kids go to school with undocumented immigrants. They play on...
| | Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court rulings that made marriage equality a reality for many same-sex couples and struck down an Arizona law that made it harder to register to vote were important civil rights victories. But, they obscure our highest court’s rightward shift....
| | Rights / DemocracyWhat do you think of when you hear the words “internet surveillance”? If you’ve been following the news, you might be thinking about the National Security Agency’s PRISM spying program. Or maybe you’re recalling debates about the age-old battle between security and...
| Jul 17, 2013 | Peace / SecurityAre you familiar with “Black Man 101”? Black men never get to graduate from this constantly changing and mandatory course in survival and behavior modification. With the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer, the Black Man 101 curriculum has been...
| | Rights / DemocracyThe not-guilty verdict a jury of six women reached in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin was outrageous. Although I’d been following this case since February 26, 2012 — the day George Zimmerman, a Sanford, Florida, neighborhood watch captain, gunned down the...
